Day One: I planted red cabbage seeds, the tom thumb peas, and mini carrot seeds in my new Micro Greens Kit from Uncommon Goods. I gave the soil a bit of water and put the sweet little recycled steel box in my window sill.
Day three: Like magic, I was totally surprised to see the seeds already sprouting in such a short amount of time.
Day Six: More growth!
Day 10: My little micro greens are looking lush and cozy hanging in the Jungalow
Photos by J. Blakeney
I normally buy plants that are already grown for the jungalow. I have a tendency to be impatient, and for some reason I imagined that growing from seeds indoors would take weeks and weeks, if they grew at all. So when Uncommon Goods asked if I wanted to try one of their uncommon goods, I thought that this would be a perfect chance to give it a shot. I also have a penchant for tiny plants. You might remember my Tiniest Garden post, or my Tiny Plants in Tiny Jars post. But I’d never grown tiny edibles before, from seeds–none-the-less.
At the end of ten days I had a full, lush planter on my hands. It was so gratifying and actually really fast. I’m feeling tempted now to try out some of these other planter kits. Do you grow herbs in your kitchen? How great is it to have a fresh herbs at arms reach? I’m into it–especially since this little planter is made in the USA out of recycled materials. It feels right at home here.
Mattos says
Lovely little garden. I had a friend that tried their mushroom growing kit, I have wanted it ever since, it was amazing.
I do also grow herbs in the house. I once had the most fantastic parsley plant, it was huge and made a beautiful edible house plant.
This summer (our winters are really long, by the way) I started a herb pot outside, some I bought some I dug from my outdoor herb garden. I am hoping to get it well established to bring in and use all winter. I do at the end of the summer air dry all my garden herbs for cooking and teas on recycled window screens, I have oodles. I love gardening.
I wish you much gardening success but be warned it can be quite addicting.
Nola says
We started with some herbs in tin cans and then we decided to make a very small vegetable garden in our terrace made from a wooden palette. It does feel gratifying to see them grow and then actually use them for cooking.
Shelky Bean says
Oh this is such a sweet post! You little mini garden is too cute. Sometimes when I look out to my plot, I wonder if it wouldn’t be nicer to have window boxes instead. But there is something very very rewarding about growing your own veg, and producing enough potatoes for a year! Bless your mini garden, I hope you get lots of pleasure out of it! :)